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Conservative Nihilism

A question: After the SCOTUS rules that ACA is constitutional, what will the conservative mindset do to reconcile its small worldview? Will you deny the validity of the Supreme Court? I think so.

Most progressive thinkers understand that in order for the wealthy to stay politically in power, they need to create narratives that appeal to the majority of voters who are anything but wealthy. Charged words like Liberty, Freedom, Constitutional, Socialiam all seem to tweak the amygdalas of enough people that they vote for policies that support the wealthy and not necessarily themselves.

Look what conservatives politicians have led you all to deny.

1. Education. Education is some elitist training camp for liberal dogma. Home school your young and avoid college as it is only for "snobs"!

2. Science. Science is nothing more than fraudulent and corrupt individuals working for Al Gore so that he can sell a book. Deny its findings at all cost!

3. Government. Government has never done anything right and should only be used to defend us. Get you government out of my life! (but it is okay if you tell the gays they can't marry and women can't make their own decisons etc.)

So what happens when the SCOUTUS rules in favor of ACA?

4. SCOTUS. They are all activist liberals at heart trying to deprive of us our liberties and freedoms and all that stuff!

I can see it coming.

Conservative nihilism will essentially deny four institutions that have made America what it is today; Education, Science, Government and the Supreme Court. Ever notice how to protect the interest of the rich, all four of those institutions need to be dismantled? Odd isn't it?

Mt. Arrogance in the middle of the .11 rolling acres of The Windbag Estates

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Re: Conservative Nihilism

What a complete load of crap.

1. We don't deny college is a good thing, just that some of the crap spewed there is complete nonsense. Seriously. Do you know some college professors tell their students there is no such thing as "truth". Really, so then what is it the college professor is paid to teach?

2. I take no issue with science and its discovery of facts. It is when philosophy invades science, is done poorly, and calls itself science when it is not (at least not in the scientific method sense of science).

3. Completely absurd take. I dare you to find one person who claims government has never done anything right. This is what you are left to, lies and strawmen?

4. No, the ones voting against it will be following the Constitution, even if that is not their motivation, and those voting for it will be pushing the liberal agenda of growing government, even if that is not their motivation (though I suspect it is).

1. We don't deny college is a good thing, just that some of the crap spewed there is complete nonsense. Seriously. Do you know some college professors tell their students there is no such thing as "truth". Really, so then what is it the college professor is paid to teach?

2. I take no issue with science and its discovery of facts. It is when philosophy invades science, is done poorly, and calls itself science when it is not (at least not in the scientific method sense of science).

3. Completely absurd take. I dare you to find one person who claims government has never done anything right. This is what you are left to, lies and strawmen?

4. No, the ones voting against it will be following the Constitution, even if that is not their motivation, and those voting for it will be pushing the liberal agenda of growing government, even if that is not their motivation (though I suspect it is).

"Whenever I read liberals reporting about the goings-on of conservatives I always get the nature-documentary vibe. A liberal reporter puts on his or her Dian Fossey hat in order to attempt to write another installment of Conservatives in the Mist. I’ve followed this particular brand of reporting for years, it’s almost a fetish of mine. Most attempts fail. Of these lesser varieties, there’s fear (“Troglodytes!” ), mockery (“Irrelevant troglodytes!” ), condescension (“I had to explain to them they’re troglodytes.” ), bewilderment (“Why don’t they understand they’re troglodytes?” ), astonishment (Dear God, they’re not all troglodytes!” ), and a few combinations of all the above."

Re: Conservative Nihilism

Originally Posted by Sirdowski

"Whenever I read liberals reporting about the goings-on of conservatives I always get the nature-documentary vibe. A liberal reporter puts on his or her Dian Fossey hat in order to attempt to write another installment of Conservatives in the Mist. I’ve followed this particular brand of reporting for years, it’s almost a fetish of mine. Most attempts fail. Of these lesser varieties, there’s fear (“Troglodytes!” ), mockery (“Irrelevant troglodytes!” ), condescension (“I had to explain to them they’re troglodytes.” ), bewilderment (“Why don’t they understand they’re troglodytes?” ), astonishment (Dear God, they’re not all troglodytes!” ), and a few combinations of all the above."

Pathetic Galen. It's a loaded thread. Any attempt to clarify a position on your skewed talking points is an admission to subscribing to your extreme and miserably condescending attempts at interpretation. Why make a thread if any attempt at discussing it is arbitrary?

Re: Conservative Nihilism

do you see it as acceptable for a grown man to chase down a teenager and after possibly a scuffle to kill him? for no apparent reason to begin with?

Whether I find that acceptable or not is completely irrelevant to the point of me questioning the media. But if that is all you believe happened than it does point out how pathetic the media is.

So you go right to your conservative nihilism and blame the media. I never knew posting the original post would be so well-supported by all three of you so easily.

I'll give you credit for setting up the thread so that you can say any explanation or attempt to define a position can be countered by.. "See I told you so". But as Sirdowski said, what's the point of the thread if you're not actually going to discuss anything.

Re: Conservative Nihilism

Originally Posted by Sirdowski

"Whenever I read liberals reporting about the goings-on of conservatives I always get the nature-documentary vibe. A liberal reporter puts on his or her Dian Fossey hat in order to attempt to write another installment of Conservatives in the Mist. I’ve followed this particular brand of reporting for years, it’s almost a fetish of mine. Most attempts fail. Of these lesser varieties, there’s fear (“Troglodytes!” ), mockery (“Irrelevant troglodytes!” ), condescension (“I had to explain to them they’re troglodytes.” ), bewilderment (“Why don’t they understand they’re troglodytes?” ), astonishment (Dear God, they’re not all troglodytes!” ), and a few combinations of all the above."

— Jonah Goldberg

Ha. Well done, Sir!

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